I recently discovered that a lot of the “hey homeowner!” flyers I get come from mailing lists generated off of places like propertyshark.com. They don’t have an easy way to get off their list, but they did email me back with instructions, and I thought I’d share them…
Thank you for contacting PropertyShark.
Although an individual’s property ownership, property tax, and sale information are widely available to the general public through your local county government, we do respect your right to privacy and have a policy of hiding data upon request by individual home owners. To do so, we will need additional information sent to us by mail:
1. A signed statement that you are the current owner of the address listed on our website and that it is your primary residence or single family home.
2. The street address and assessor’s id number (in NYC, this is the BBL); please include the unit number if applicable.
3. A copy of valid ID with photo showing your property address.
We will then do our best to hide this information from display on the web. Please note that any such changes might not be permanent as we refresh our ownership data periodically.
Please send the above to:
181 N. 11th Street, Suite 307
Brooklyn, NY 11211
...if you know another property search site that lets realtors make mailing lists, please send me their way. I’ll even look up their removal policies for you and post it here.